You bring up a real good point: I ALWAYS think of Watchmen every time I hear that Muse or that Pumpkins song. Every time.

300 used “Just Like You Imagined” by Nine Inch Nails. It was epicly added.

Watchmen, depending on the trailer, used “Take A Bow” by Muse or “The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning” by The Smashing Pumpkins. Very distinct tracks and two songs which can no long be heard without thinking of the Watchmen trailer.

The Dark Knight used its own homegrown audio from one of the greatest film scores of all time.

If you are going to do this, you have to choose trailers which are already not considered some of the best movie trailers of all time. AND, to add to that, you have to choose trailers which are not known for their musical treatments.

Next thing ya know, you’ll be adding Arcade Fire to the Mad World Gears of War trailer. I enjoy Arcade Fire from time to time but they shouldn’t be don’t make anything better. It’s gotta fit in with the film. You wouldn’t dream of adding it to the Terminator: Salvation trailer that used “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails, would you?

And, to add to this, Arcade Fire isn’t scoring the film. From what I can tell, they may be contributing to the soundtrack but they won’t be scoring any part of it. Granted, they did rerecord the song for the trailer but whatever.

(I’m not trying to be an ass. That was honestly the most unrude way I could think of to get my points across. Sorry if I offended the author of the article)